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Originally Posted by ryoung99
Based on tonights results it is hard to argue against the fact that California produces the best open wheel drivers in the country....
Sprint Cars... Cole Whitt, Alpine, CA
Midgets.... Brian Clausen, Sacramento, CA
Focus... Garrett Peterson, Sacramento, CA
Oh and lets not forget where the USAC Silver Crown Champion is from.... San Jose, CA.
With the finishes of Pierovich, Kaplan and Sweet a case can be made that NorCal produces the best open wheelers in the country.
Incredible job by all of them, you made us proud.
Happy thanksgiving,
Rick
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Let's not start that fire Rick. They are ALL really good racers..PERIOD.
But, now that one of the west coast midget racing organizations has changed their rules restricting the ability of the "Cali" kids from learning their craft in similar "equiped" cars to which run in the mid west, those might be the last names you will be able to quote from Cali. Every kid on your list proved themselves in California racing the same "exact" cars as compete Indiana. Now they are not, at least not in Nor-Cal.
Or, they are going to skip California all together and move to Indiana to start off. I hope not.
I'm not disputing your groups ideals, I think they are very well intentioned, but maybe not well thought out in the long term when talking driver development. Just ask anyone of those kids you listed and get their opinion. (It should have been done before the rule change but I don't belive it was) I would be interested in their replies.
JMO